sunset industry
noun [C] ECONOMICSDefinition
› an industry that has existed for a long time and that is less successful and making less profit than previously: Oil and gas extraction is seen as a "sunset industry" in the United States.
(Definition of sunset industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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